Beatrice Chebet

Beatrice Chebet
	Chebet at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene
Personal information
Full name	Beatrice Chebet
Nickname	The Smiling Assassin
Born	5 March 2000; Kericho, Kenya
Height	1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Sport
Country	Kenya
Sport	Track and field
Event	Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	No. 1 (overall, 2024); No. 1 (5000 m, 2024); No. 1 (10,000 m, 2024); No. 1 (cross country, 2024);
Personal bests	1500 m: 3:54.73 (Chorzów 2025); 3000 m: 8:11.56 (Rabat 2025); Two miles: 9:14.71 (Eugene 2022); 5000 m: 13:58.06 WR (Eugene 2025); 10,000 m: 28:54.14 WR (Eugene 2024); Road; 5 km women-only: 14:13 Wo WR (Barcelona 2023); 5 km mixed: 13:54 Mx WR (Barcelona 2024);
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Kenya
Olympic Games
World Championships
Diamond League
Commonwealth Games
African Championships
World Cross Country Championships
World Road Running Championships
World Junior Championships
African Junior Championships

Beatrice Chebet (born 5 March 2000) is a Kenyan long-distance runner and world record holder in the 5000 meters, 10,000 meters, and road 5k. She won gold medals in both the 5000m and 10,000m at the 2024 Summer Olympics and repeated the double at the 2025 World Athletics Championships. In the 5000m, Chebet won the silver medal at the 2022 World Championships, and the bronze in 2023. Chebet is a three-time World Cross Country champion, having won the junior race in 2019 and the senior race in 2023 and 2024. Additionally, Chebet was the 5000m champion at the 2018 World U20 Championships, the 2022 Commonwealth Games, and the 2022 African Championships.

She is nicknamed the "smiling assassin" and trains in Londiani, Kericho County.